Toast a bottle of Geritol in honor of Jamie Moyer, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, who continues to ward off Father Time and get out batters who are half his age. Tuesday night, Moyer threw seven innings to get the win in a 5-2 victory over San Diego.
Moyer, at 49 years and 152 days, became the oldest pitcher in Major League Baseball history to win a game. For 80 years, Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the oldest. Quinn was 49 years, 70 days when he was the winning pitcher in a game in...

Texas: San Antonio welcomes new pro team
Over 13,000 fans welcomed the return of professional soccer in San Antonio Sunday. The expansion San Antonio Scorpions suffered a 4-0 loss to the Puerto Rico Islanders, but the mood in the Alamo City was jubilant nevertheless. The new franchise competes not in Major League Soccer, but in the North American Soccer League.

A trio of Amarillo bands are duking it out to record the next Live at Billy Bob's album.
Last year, Casey Berry made the Top 10 with his song “Whole Heart.” This time, Berry was nominated by KXIT 96.3 in Dalhart for the contest with his new single, “I Lie.”
Also up for the contest is The Tommy Gallagher Band, nominated by KPUR 107.1, The Armadillo. Gallagher and his boys are competing with new single “Bar Room Angel.”

OK, who saw that elimination coming last night on NBC's "The Voice"?
After some petulant whining from most of the judges about the imposition of a new, immediate elimination, plus a couple of clear candidates for said elimination, Christina Aguilera dropped one of her top contenders.

No, I didn't bring you a t-shirt back from vacation, but I did bring yak jerky.
At the Santa Fe Farmers' Market Saturday, the veggies looked fresh and inviting, and the goat cheese tasted tangy (even after a carne adovado breakfast burrito at the snack bar). So wife Karen and I ended up with jalapeno goat cheese spread, carrots, four different heirloom tomatoes, spinach and a lot of the all-time must-have sunflower sprouts.

Amarillo Crime Stoppers is asking for your help for this week's Crime of the Week.
About 3 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to an armed robbery at the Woodforest National Bank inside the Walmart Supercenter, 3700 E. Interstate 40.
Police said a man entered the bank near closing time and waited for the last customer to leave before demanding money from tellers.
Authorities said tellers gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash before he ran east from the store.

The deadliest outbreak of tornadoes in recorded Panhandle history began 42 years ago on this date, April 17, 1970. Beginning that evening and through the early morning hours of April 18, six tornadoes churned through 12 counties, leaving 23 dead and injuring more than 160.
The hardest-high was Sherwood Shores, the lake-front community off Greenbelt Lake just north of Clarendon. Sirens sounded about 1 a.m. on April 18 as an F4 tornado with winds up to 200 mph roared through Donley County...

Brandon seems to have it all: A high-paying job, a killer apartment, a steady stream of women.
But as becomes crystal clear in “Shame” (NC-17, 2011), Brandon’s riding a razor’s edge.
Played by Michael Fassbender in a revelatory performance (in more ways than one), Brandon spirals into utter disarray when his sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) arrives, thrusting his self-destructive behavior into the spotlight.

Some key developments in the school funding lawsuit against the state took place on Monday.
First, state district judge John Dietz officially set the trial date for Oct. 22. In addition, the Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition, the largest of four groups suing the state reported that it represents more than 40 percent of all the school districts in the state.

There has often been an air of do-as-I-say-don't-do-as-I-do among some in the coaching fraternity, and over the last month several high profile incidents have brought to light why coaches and managers should stick to X's and O's and avoid behavior that gets them noticed away from the playing fields for all the wrong reasons.